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persons for licensure. The Board examines, li-
censes, and renews the licenses of qualified appli-
cants. The Board also conducts hearings on charg-
es calling for discipline of a licensed electrologist
by penalty, denial, revocation, or suspension of a
license, and causes the prosecution of all persons in
violation of the Electrology Practice Act. Annual-
ly, the Board reports to the Governor and to the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, and
evaluates all areas concerning the practice of
electrology in the State, including unscrupulous
principles and fraudulent acts.

The Board consists of five registered electrolo-
gists and two public members who serve three-year
terms. Upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, the Governor ap-
points members of the Board with the advice and
consent of the Senate.

Authorization for the Board continues until July
1, 1994 (Code Health Occupations Article, secs.
5-101 through 5-702).

STATE BOARD OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITARIAN
REGISTRATION

Chairperson: Earl Wayne Asplen, 1985

Tresa S. Fleisher, 1986; Nonna C. Maiden, 1986;
Colin Thacker, 1987; Donald L. Elmore, 1988;
Edgar A. Woods, 1989; two vacancies.

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-7024

The State Board of Environmental Sanitarian
Registration was created by Chapter 434, Acts of
1969, and adopted its present name by Chapter
560, Acts of 1984. The Board issues certificates of
registration to applicants who qualify as registered
environmental sanitarians. Registered environmen-
tal sanitarians carry out essential inspections and
investigational services to promote and maintain
environmental health.

The Board consists of eight members appointed
to five-year terms by the Governor upon recom-
mendation of the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. Seven members must be registered environ-
mental sanitarians, and one member must be a
consumer who cannot have training as a registered
environmental sanitarian or have a financial inter-
est in a related field. The Board selects its own
officers, conducts examinations, and keeps a regis-
ter of all applicants for registration.

Authorization for the Board continues until July
1, 1985 (Code Health Occupations Article, secs.
5.5-101 through 5.5-502).

STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL
EXAMINERS

President: Daniel I. Welliver, M.D., 1986

C. Earl Hill, M.D., 1985; Karl F. Mech, M.D.,
1985; Arthur T. Keefe, M.D., 1986; Oscar J.
Chapman, Ph.D., 1987; Chris Papadopoulos,
M.D., 1987; Jacquelyn Hardy, 1988.

Executive Director: Hilda Stevan

201 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-2020

The practice of medicine was first regulated in
Maryland by Chapter 429, Acts of 1888, which
required that the State Board of Health license all
physicians. By Chapter 296, Acts of 1892, the
General Assembly created two Boards of Medical
Examiners to carry on this function, one to
represent the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty and
the other the State Homeopathic Society. The
Legislature of 1957 abolished the Homeopathic
Board. The practice of medicine in Maryland is
now regulated solely by the State Board of Medical
Examiners.

The Board tests and licenses physicians for the
practice of medicine in the State and for certain
causes may revoke the license of any physician.
Candidates for licenses must be graduates of
medical schools approved by the American Medi-
cal Association and the Association of American
Medical Colleges or of foreign medical schools that
offer an equivalent education. All graduates of
foreign medical schools who apply must pass the
examination given by the Educational Council for
Foreign Medical Graduates. The Board determines
qualifications for practice by the FLEX examina-
tion (Federal Licensing Examination), endorse-
ment of licenses obtained in a reciprocating state,
or endorsement of a certificate of the National
Board of Medical Examiners. FLEX examinations
are held in June and December of each year.

The Board also regulates the practice of medi-
cine without a license by physicians' assistants,
psychiatrists' assistants, cardiac rescue technicians,
aviation trauma technicians, unlicensed medical
practitioners in approved medical training pro-
grams, and acupuncturists.

Since 1967 the Board has licensed certain osteo-
paths on the basis of endorsement, depending upon